Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-13

new thought came 10 their minds that
they could speak as confidently of the
divine as the human father, and the
preachers audience felt a new beauty in
these glorious works: -
Friday evening before good house DR..
Pentecost spoke on the sins of God taking
the same passage of Scripture rs on the
previous evening. lie SAID
Some years ago MIR. Van Meter came
over occasiogally from the Howard mis-
sion in New York TO the churches in
BROOKLYN TO present the claims of the lit
tie waits in that mission. One evening in
the Strong Place Baptist church he stood
a little fellow upon the desk and told his
story. He was IA little homeless orphan
picked up on the doorstep at Five Points.
And he asked the audience who would for
Christ's sake take this little boy and give
him name and home But the appeal
was met with dead silence. No one
wanted to risk taking the boy with his
unknown Inheritance OF vice. Inc chal-
lenge was repeated three or four times un-
til the silence became oppressive. People
seemed hardly to have the power of look
ing in each othel' 5 faces. During this time
a large man down the broad aisle near the
door was observed to be in struggle
with himself, rising half way from his
seat until he arose, came down The aisle
and stood before the desk as If nncon-
scious of the presence of the audience.
poor homeless, friendless drunkard, but
obtained help and deliverance through
Christ, and | will take this little boy and
in my way be to him what Christ has been
to me. Taking the little fellow in his
arms, the boy nestled his head in the
mans neck as he carried him down the
aisle And to-day that boy is a promising
young man in Brooklyn. 1t was a great
thing for the man to do. But it is moth
ing compared to what God is ready to do
for us. He will strip us of the rags of un-
Righteousness and Will bring us at last be-
fore the throne of His glory clothed in
His righteousness. 1t is something to be
called a son. have in mind children who
are called children who are not, but when
God calls a sinner he make him His child
by regeneration.
In Boston some years ago when | was
pastor there a gentleman was sitting in his
elegant drawing room reading his news
paper, when he tanced that he heard Il
Child's cry 1t was q bleak November
night and he thought it might be the
wind. But upon hearing it the second
and third time, he went into his broad hall
and heard the cry of an infant com
ing from the porch. Opening the
door he saw basket and baby girl five
or six weeks old wrapped in a blanket.
The child was cared for until the morn
ing when the chief of police was notified
and the child taken away. But the moth
er's heart smote her. And she asked to
have the child sent for that they might
keep her little time until they would see
what the Lord had for them to do. Gradu-
ally the little tendrils of affection Tor the
little Waif were woven around the hearts
of the family until they all said let us
adopt the little girl and make it an heir.
One day when the child had grown to
be Il girl of II years, she came home from
school, rushed up the steps and into her
ROOM locked her door and flung herself
sobblng upon the bed Her mother vain
ly sought for admission. After a time
the girl opened the door and her mother
asked her what was the matter. The
child told her in tears that in some school
girl disagreement a school mate said to
her, "You are nothing but Il little beggar
brat, no father, no mother, nothing but a
the truth she refused to allow her mother
to embrace her, asking Are you my
mother ?" "Why, certainly; have | not
always been mother to You ?" But"
said the girl, "are you truly my mother ?"
The woman said she would have given
half her fortune if she could have an
swered her unequtvocally that she was.
Then said the girl, us he" referring to
the husband, my father?' 'But."
pressed the child, did you born mey"
God has picked up you and me from the
doorstep of His mercy. And we are the
born children of God if we are HIS at all
TO Nicodemus Christ said it is a birth
from above you want. You must always
be a child of the flesh If you are not born
again. God has no unborn children in
His family.
A nobleman in England who turned up
his nose at the men who had the honor
conferred upon them as parvenu, said the
Queen can give them an estate and they
can sit in the House of Lords, but she can
not put the blue blood in their veins. But
when God calls us He puts the royal ma
ture in us. Behold what manner of love
the Father has bestowed upon us that we
should be the sons of God. And in that
day He will present us faultless | would
rather be beggar or III dungeon or like
job and have the assurance OF being IA
child of God.
The consciousness of being Gods son
gives dignity to my life If you are the
children of God | give you joy. But if
you are hot Christ's God pity you. For
what will all that you have profit YOU?
To-day you are kept hedged about with
privileges that you may come to Him. To-
day conversed with some workingmen
who thought that no one cared for them.
Our love should be manifest to all. We
are not to be kept in Pharasaical separa-
ton il we are Gods children. Gods gifts
wait Tor all, rich or poor, high or low,
whether they have social position or not.
| Tuesday afternoon DR.. Pentecost con-
tinued his talk upon the 23d psalm. He
spoke of the conclusions from the main
propostion-"The Lord is my shepherd"
First, shall not want David referred to
temporal wants. But in all things we
can look in confidence to them. Do
need a guide, the promise is, 81 will guide
thee with Mine eye" In time of trial He
Will give especial grace and door OF
escape. In sorrow and trouble we have a
High Priest who can be touched with a
feeling of our infirmities. In health and
in sickness and in death we have abun
dant help and blessing. True faith is ac-
tive God gives no promise to presump
ton. Men trust God more for spiritual
things than temporal Many are conf
dent that they are Gods children and that
they are going to Heaven when they are
terribly afraid that they are going to the
poor house here on earth But how con
fident Paul was that his need in all things
would be supplied. Bread comes to Us
for Jesus's sake just as forgiveness comes
The Christian should be a Christian il
every place. Business should not be secu
lar. Every day should be sacred. Tit
man who sells goods behind the counter
should be just as careful of his integrity
as the minister of the gospel